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I have to add 2 things that I think should be rules on cruises, especially GOR

1. If you cannot stay in your lane you are DRIVING TOO FAST. For half of GOR I was behind a car that shall remain anonymous. He would shift to the middle of the road, straddling the double white lines, then turn into corners. This may have been crap driving, or a craply tuned suspension/ crap tyres, but in any case, the moral of the story is don't push yourself or your poor car past your limits. Don't worry about being left behind - there are enough roadblocks to always catch up. Don't worry about blocking others - if you are too slow, just sit in a turn-off and let the faster ones pass.

This annoyance turned to fear when another car was doing the same on the way back from Stage 1. I had turned a blind corner and there was a skyline flying at me going the other way, straddling double white lines. If it weren't for our fast reaction times, that would've been two down. STAY IN YOUR LANE.

2. When overtaking another skyline, probably best to warn them with a high-beam flash. I had a near miss when I went to overtake a slow non-SAU car in front of me, when the skyline behind me had just pulled out and overtook us both. He was sitting in my blind spot and it would've been nasty had not the godawful screech of his massive single turbo alerted me to his intentions. This works both ways - check your rear view mirror and right blind spot before you overtake a slow car, as you could be on the verge of squashing another member trying to do the same.

Thanks. Sorry to be the nanny, but in my line of work every day I see the lives of young guys destroyed by a second of irresponsible driving eg., being unable to talk, walk or eat for the rest of their miserable existence. Please be careful. It's not worth it.

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i dont believe in your last point because i dont flash other drivers when i pull out to overtake i indicate, its up to the other person to check and also do a headcheck to make sure no-one is in your blind spot before pulling out.

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A BIG THANKS to all who organised the weekend!

Had a great time meeting new people and Nadia had a heap of fun on saturday night :)

Hope all works out Grant, im the guy who bought the gear knob (GTRZLA).

Looks like DECA is a must from the stories told :(

See you all at the next one!!!

Hey Peter,

Shit, I didn't recoginse you, sorry about it!

Hopefully I'll be able to send the GTR to Status tomorrow - I have John (ssxricho) offering me to tow it with 4x4 and trailer and I'm waiting to recieve a SMS from Jack if he is able to tow it before 4pm tomorrow.

Cheers

Grant

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2. When overtaking another skyline, probably best to warn them with a high-beam flash. I had a near miss when I went to overtake a slow non-SAU car in front of me, when the skyline behind me had just pulled out and overtook us both. He was sitting in my blind spot and it would've been nasty had not the godawful screech of his massive single turbo alerted me to his intentions. This works both ways - check your rear view mirror and right blind spot before you overtake a slow car, as you could be on the verge of squashing another member trying to do the same.

was that me? lol

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I have to add 2 things that I think should be rules on cruises, especially GOR

1. If you cannot stay in your lane you are DRIVING TOO FAST. For half of GOR I was behind a car that shall remain anonymous. He would shift to the middle of the road, straddling the double white lines, then turn into corners. This may have been crap driving, or a craply tuned suspension/ crap tyres, but in any case, the moral of the story is don't push yourself or your poor car past your limits. Don't worry about being left behind - there are enough roadblocks to always catch up. Don't worry about blocking others - if you are too slow, just sit in a turn-off and let the faster ones pass.

This annoyance turned to fear when another car was doing the same on the way back from Stage 1. I had turned a blind corner and there was a skyline flying at me going the other way, straddling double white lines. If it weren't for our fast reaction times, that would've been two down. STAY IN YOUR LANE.

2. When overtaking another skyline, probably best to warn them with a high-beam flash. I had a near miss when I went to overtake a slow non-SAU car in front of me, when the skyline behind me had just pulled out and overtook us both. He was sitting in my blind spot and it would've been nasty had not the godawful screech of his massive single turbo alerted me to his intentions. This works both ways - check your rear view mirror and right blind spot before you overtake a slow car, as you could be on the verge of squashing another member trying to do the same.

Thanks. Sorry to be the nanny, but in my line of work every day I see the lives of young guys destroyed by a second of irresponsible driving eg., being unable to talk, walk or eat for the rest of their miserable existence. Please be careful. It's not worth it.

/end rant

Although dangerous on the road, everyone knows you go into the corner much faster if you "Straddle" the white lines before entering...So it's not crap driving or shitty suspension just someone attempting to use race lines on the road..lol

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was that me? lol

Haha will remain unnamed.

Although dangerous on the road, everyone knows you go into the corner much faster if you "Straddle" the white lines before entering...So it's not crap driving or shitty suspension just someone attempting to use race lines on the road..lol

Yeah, of course it will make any car go faster if you take the racing line into oncoming traffic around a corner. The point is if you have to do that you are driving too fast and endangering everyone. If you want to go faster around corners without crashing into oncoming traffic you should learn to drive better or upgrade your tyres/suspension so you can go fast in your own lane. That was my point.

its up to the other person to check and also do a headcheck to make sure no-one is in your blind spot before pulling out.

I agree that if everyone did this there would be no need, but this doesn't happen all the time.

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i dont believe in your last point because i dont flash other drivers when i pull out to overtake i indicate, its up to the other person to check and also do a headcheck to make sure no-one is in your blind spot before pulling out.

Totally agree!!

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did just realise this thread was here...:(

couple of pics anyway from stage 2. thanks again to the organizers for such a well organised cruise :rofl:

I've got a couple of photos of you on my camera, took em when I was driving behind you xD

PM me your email if you want them :P

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